Kenneth wrote:I don't think Bob had much to do with the development of the Little Phatty. I am not sure why it was marketed as such.

Because "Bob Moog's Last Synth Design" is likely to sell far more than "Here is the first synth Moog Music created after Bob's Passing (but it does contain some of his work!)."

Although, I have to admit that it is an interesting synth design and has a decent sound, and probably SHOULD have sold for its own merits.

‎"I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -Charles Babbage"Unity and Mediocrity are forever in bed together." -Zane W. http://www.youtube.com/automaticgainsay

The way I see it is Bob designed the initial synth and helped with the prototype (that sort of looked like a subphatty) and Cyril lance pulled it all together software esthetics and what not. But yeah in the end, its really not that important. Its a great synth regardless of who designed it.

kuroichi wrote:I honestly hope there are people who will forever suffer because they are bothered by the somewhat trivial facts regarding the little phatties design.

What a ridiculous thing to be concerned about.

"Trivial" to you is the last 7 years of one guy's entire career. Think about how the LP's actual designer (Cyril Lance) feels about being kicked into the gutter so that his company can sell more units. Just because a piece of information means little to you, does not make it trivial. Try to look outside your small speck of consciousness in the world once in a while.

I like the Little Phatty just fine, and I don't think Moog needed to blatantly lie about its origins to sell it.

Did Tadao Kikumoto deserve to get credit for the TB303 and TR909? Does half the tripe passing as correct info on the web about synthesizers deserve to be updated?Sure, but why do you care other than to have something else to whine off-topic about on a forum meant exclusively for giving people GAS for overpriced toys that will be collecting dust 3 months after purchase and to post their tracks that nobody ever listens to?

"Lots of people are nostalgic for analogue. I suspect they're people who never had to work with it." - Brian Eno

Jesus Christ, someone is feeling a little jaded. What warranted that? I've had a lot of great feedback from posting songs on internet forums. Not VSE because frankly I don't really like the air of bigotry that permeates every thread around here, but all the same I think the internet is a great way to get one's music into the right ears.

I see. Perhaps you have a better perspective now about what it feels like to witness someone else complain about some injustice they feel passionately about, relevant to the forum but not the original thread topic, that you personally feel nothing at all towards and can't understand their zeal to speak out.

My bad. The true purpose of VSE is not to harmlessly and passively give people GAS or engage conversation about music and music making. It's to divert the original topic to complain and draw attention to personal pet peeves. In the fine tradition of all free societies, to bind the superficial burdens of one's self to the bottomless malcontent of the masses, please continue. As above, so below.

"Lots of people are nostalgic for analogue. I suspect they're people who never had to work with it." - Brian Eno